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Sundance 2011 World Cinema Documentary Competition: James Marsh and Asif Kapadia Among 12 Selected
The section I normally avoid not because I don't want to see all 12 selected films, but because there are only so many hours in a day will house a pair of docus films that I'm looking forward in seeing. One is directed by Oscar-winning director James Marsh (Man on Wire) and pertains to a subject thatis close to my heart - Project Nim might make just make a powerful statement about the grave mistake we humans make in not identifying ourselves with the non-human species. In Senna, the other docu of interest is from an already establish filmmaker in Asif Kapadia who takes us for a spin with car racing legend Ayrton Senna.
Sundance 2011 U.S. Documentary Competition: Marshall Curry and Morgan Neville Among the 16 Selected
Among the more intriguing titles we have another eco man vs. corporation battle in Bill Haney's The Last Mountain, we have docu filmmaker Andrew Rossi gaining access into the NYTimes newsroom with Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times and Morgan Neville's Troubadours will musically bring us down memory lane.
Sundance 2011 U.S. Dramatic Competition: Braden King, Sean Durkin and Jeff Nichols Among the 16 Selected
Let me toot my own horn a bit. Of the 16 selected films out of 1,102 submissions, I accurately predicted 12. Out of the four that didn't fly on my radar we find American New Wave 25 selected Sean Durkin, who will make it back to back years in Park City. He featured the marvelous, creepy Mary Last Seen there, and would start lensing Martha Marcy May Marlene in the summer...but my thinking was he was Cannes-bound with this one...he may still be, but Sundance is world preem launching pad for the pic.
The Black List Update: Picks 15 to 11 of 2006
In preparation of the 2010 unveiling of the Franklin Leonard's annual The Black List of the most liked unproduced screenplays (which is now in it's 6th year), we've decided to look back at the top tier voted screenplays of the previous years dating all the way back to 2006. We'll attempt to update those that got made and those who haven't yet received the desired greenlight. Today we start picks 15 to 11 of 2006.
Indie Spirit Awards: Granik’s Winter’s Bones Skins Seven Noms
Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone" tops the Indie Spirit Awards noms list with 7 (Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Female Lead, Best Supporting Female Lead, Best Supporting Male Lead and Best Cinematography), Lisa Cholodenko's "The Kids Are All Right" places second with five nominations (Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Female Lead, Best Supporting Male Lead).
